GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 15: Henchmen

[Langy]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

I suspect one difficulty with a Rogue's Gallery is that everyone wants something different from it. Play styles, power levels, and campaign themes vary so much that it's hard to make one product that everyone - or even most folks - would be satisfied with. For example, while b-dog wants a book of monstrous tribes, I wouldn't have any interest in that except as a quick "here are tribal lenses for X archetypes" segment in a larger book.

I don't think b-dog meant 'tribe' in the 'stereotypical low-TL savage' sense, exactly. More 'here is a racial group, and here are a number of specific templates that go with this group, and here is a very short discussion on the stereotypical culture of the group and how you can adapt it to other cultures'. So an Orc 'tribe' might include Soldier, Chieftan, Shaman, and Seargent write-ups and a short discussion on how Orcs in fantasy eat other sapient creatures, typically stick together rather than mixing with human bandits, tend to have a militaristic bent, etc. It might also include suggestions on using these templates for a different culture, such as one based on the Mongols (give all the Orcs Riding, and give archers Mounted Archery), etc.